[GDT] Flames @ Flyers. - Gaudreau's Home coming - 5:00pm MT SNW

[The_Future]

Excited to see what Poirier and Potter bring to the line up.

[442scotty]

Great lines for this game. Cant say that any particular line is a third or fourth line which is nice and might confuse the flyers a bit. I guess we can say that Johnnys line is the top line because he is on it but the rest could be considered all 2nd lines.. I hope the kid line lights it up tonight

[Red Menace]

Great time to demote Johnny to the 3rd line.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Red Menace

Great time to demote Johnny to the 3rd line.

Johnny will end up top 3/4 in ice time as he always does regardless of linemates. I wouldn't stress

[Obsidian]

Colborne has been a really good offensive possession player in recent weeks and seems to win a lot of battles along the boards. Jooris sacrifices everything and will skate through the net if he has to, to make a play. These might be the right linemates for Johnny. When he's with the top guys, there are constantly one too many passes and "cute" stuff going and recently has result in very few quality shots that actually end up on goal. Jooris and Colborne are less skilled but aren't afraid to shoot if fed, unlike Hudler who'll look for that extra pass after recieving.

[Obsidian]

Originally Posted by Red Menace

Great time to demote Johnny to the 3rd line.

I think it's more about spreading out the offense and finding linemates that can get him going again, more than a "demotion". This will be a team effort down the stretch, there won't be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd line. Lines will be rolled pretty evenly and all the better that more than one line is a threat to score.

[Gaudfather]

Time for another Johnny hatty tonite.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Red Menace

Great time to demote Johnny to the 3rd line.

It's not about cutting his time. It's about getting him away from the oppositions best players 5v5.

[Obsidian]

Originally Posted by Gaudfather

Time for another Johnny hatty tonite.

I just want somebody to get on a streak..

Another Backlund streak (5 goals in 5 games) or Gaudreau (6 goals in 3 games) would be just very very helpful at this point.

[CroFlames]

Did you see the size of the media scrum at his locker haha. The local rink is shut down during the game hahaha.

[MissTeeks]

[Obsidian]

So yeah, Johnny is bringing an army of fans and followers to the game tonight.

He's probably going to have a little extra juice.. I'm going to guess he dangles through a couple defenders tonight.

[MissTeeks]

Another article:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...rsey/24326547/

For the first time in a long time, John Gaudreau had a home-cooked meal in South Jersey Sunday night.
The Carneys Point native was looking forward to his grandmother's homemade cheese ravioli and staying in his old bedroom.
The sensational rookie for the Calgary Flames was given a pass by coach Bob Hartley to stay at home with his parents instead of at the team hotel.
"Definitely a little different from the last time I was home," said Gaudreau, who hasn't been in the area since last April when his Boston College Eagles were in the Frozen Four. "A lot of people are really happy for me. A lot of texts and calls. People are really, really happy I'm doing so well. It's good to see them all."

"It was a pretty quick transition from being here in Philadelphia last year playing in the Frozen Four and then playing my first game and now being back here," said Gaudreau, who has 15 goals and 44 points in 61 games this season. "It's been a fun season so far. I've been fortunate."

At 5-9, 150 pounds, Gaudreau was always told he was too small for hockey, but he's quickly becoming one of the most marketable faces in the NHL.
"He's certainly making a name for himself," said John Colman, principal of Gloucester Catholic. "He's a perfect face for his team. He's a good-looking young guy, very humble, very polite. He comes from a great family. He's really marketable, I think. If he keeps being successful like this, he's gonna do pretty well."

It reads "Johnny Gaudreau." Thank Boston College for that.
Fans of the B.C. Eagles are the ones that deemed Gaudreau "Johnny Hockey" during his sophomore season, the nickname that followed him across the continent to Calgary.
"We don't even call him Johnny. We call him John," Guy said. "To us he's John here in South Jersey. Jim and everybody here we call him John because he grew up as John to us. Boston College is the one that started with the Johnny Hockey stuff. It didn't go away."
Guy and Jane Gaudreau still can't believe it when they have their TV on late at night and see this No. 13 kid zipping all over the ice for the Flames.
"As a parent you look at it and it's hard to believe that's my son," Guy said. "We raised him to play hockey, have hockey, enjoy hockey and I know how hard it is to get to that level. People don't realize how hard it is. You have to have breaks. You have to have coaches that like you."

This span of two weeks has been the payoff to all of Gaudreau's hard work. The Flames' trip up and down the East Coast brings Gaudreau back to Philadelphia Tuesday and to Boston Thursday.
"It's definitely been a circus, up and down the East Coast seeing friends and family," said Gaudreau, who figures he'll have even more buddies in Boston than in Philly. "The most exciting thing for me is getting to come back here and play in Philly. I know I have a lot of people here that are gonna be watching."
If the trip wasn't expensive enough for the 21-year-old winger, he had to pay for the Flames' rookie dinner Saturday night.

One day last July in the York City Ice Arena in York, Pa., Hartley got his first glimpse of who Johnny Gaudreau really is.
The Calgary coach had one of his most promising young players in town to help out with his summer camp. Gaudreau, who had played only in the season finale last season, wanted to send a message.
"I'm coming to Calgary to make the team," Gaudreau told his coach. At the time, there was some thought that the pint-sized forward may start his pro career in the American Hockey League.
He didn't.
"In this business you have to be confident," Hartley said. "I didn't see a cocky kid. I saw a confident young man. He came to our camp in unbelievable shape and he was on a mission and every day he's been growing in our organization."

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Murph

Shout out to Formulate who clearly spent some time putting together the other GDT while CFF is on hiatus.

Yeah my apologies to Formulate. I don't really want to do a GDT, but news started coming out of the Flames morning skate and there wasn't a GDT already created so I threw one together.

Please don't let it discourage you from doing one in the future.

[calgARI]

Second game I'm attending this season. They won the first, but lost Giordano in it. Weather is awful here so not expecting a big turnout.

[devo22]

Shore has to be the happiest guy right now. Finally game #68 for him, no more AHL shuttle rides.

[Wolfman]

Was hoping to see Schlemko in the lineup tonight. No rush, just don't see the difference between sitting Potter for him. Pair him with Russell and keep the 3rd pairing as usual.

[MoreDrank]

Every time Bollig is scratched an angel gets its wings.